The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-06-11
IDAHO NEWS,
Alturas County Notes.

SCttIC az <AtIuIItd.
Several wool buyers have been
in Mountain Home but owing t.
the uncertainty of shipping rates
no offers were made. The clip il
reported over average.
At the coal bins at Shoshone
2275 tons of coal are piled up and
more being daily received.
Mountain Home has arranged
for Fourth of July celebration.
Strawberries are ripening at Sho-
shOne.
Washington County.
The residence Of Thomas Gallo.
way, on his ranch seven miles be-
low Weiser, was destroyed by fire
last week. 1t was caused by care
lessness of stOckmen who were stay
ing in the house.
A Masonic lodge is to be organ
lied at Weiser.
Ferries on Snake river stopped
running last week OH account OF
high water. The low lands along
the river are all submerged.
A ledge of free milling quartz
has been discovered near the head
of Hornet creek, and Indian valley
is excited over the new strike.
Idaho County.
The residence of Charles Bemis
at Warrens was consumed by fire
two weeks ago. The contents OF
the house was also destroyed, max
ing an entire loss of $500.
Boise County,
A Chinaman went into Myer &
Smiths store, at Placerville, last
week and asked for bits worth of
rope. The clerk in the store said
he did not care to cut off that small
amount, and told the Chinaman
that if he would make it two bits
worth he would accommodate him
Rob't Irwin, who was in the store.
said: "Give him Il bits worth.
That is probably all the poor China
man has got, and maybe he wants
to hang himself" He said this in
a joking spirit, not thinking this
was the use to which the China
man intended to put the bits
worth of rope, which he got. Next
morning he was found dangling at
the end of it, dead.
Oneida County
4 Frank Williams the murderer
of Winn and Reed at CariboO has
been sentenced to be hung at Black
foot on July %.
Woods, the negro wife murderer.
has been found guilty of murder in
the first degree and will expiate
his crime on the gallows.
Memorial Day was appropriately
observed at Blackfoot under the
of Geo. II. Thomas Post,
G. A. r. Hon. J. T. Morgan was
the orator Of the day.
Owyhee County.
The new mill at Billiards. is
nearing completion and about
ready to start up. 1t is said to he
the finest mill i'm the territory and
cost the company over half a mil
lion dollars. Employment is fur
nished to 12O men with a pay roll
of about $4,000 per month.
The timely discovery of an Incl
pient fire in the store of J. F.
by a night Waterman saved
Silver City from a disastrous fire.
Grass and water are drying up
on the ranges and unless rain
speedily comes the Avalanche pre-
diets Il hard winter for cattle.
Cinnamon are sluicing out the
old Morning Star mill site on Jor-
don creek and making considerable
money.
Eez Perez County.
The water in Snake river at Lew
iston last week was eighteen inches
higher than in 1862, the great high
water year. The town was mum
dated, houses were flooded and
torn from their foundations, gar
1ens destroyed and many dykes
washed away. The Teller estimates
the damage at 100000, and by
far the greatest ever suffered by
nigh water in Lewiston. The steam
boat wharf and warehouse was
raised bodily from its foundation
and passed the town in grand
style on a voyage down the turbu-
ent river.
Custer County
A Yankee Fork correspondent of
he Idaho Messenger gives the fol-
owing account of the damage done
n that vicinity by the late freshet:
All the bridges above Custer are
zone, and those between Bonanza
md Custer met with a like fate,
cutting off wagon communication
or the present. The only bridge
is the one ut Custer by
he mill and the Fox bridge below
Bonanza.
The Custer mill is closed down,
Undergoing the usual spring re-
,airs.
Late reports from Sheep Noun
ain state grass to be good and
,ame abundant. Mining prospects
re looking we'll and q season of